wanted to share the idea that came while reading this part of the book:::

the four Angels bear some resemblance to the idea of the four 'Royal Stars', ancient Guardians of the '4 Quarters' of the Sky:

North: Fomalhaut, which name literally means "the Fish's Mouth" (the largest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus) --- the scryer 'enters' the vision here, i.e. it starts from the North; the book says AMBZ - enumerates to 50 (hebrew values, as Jim introduced) -- among other things, the idea of entering 'into the belly of the beast' [the deep subconscious that leads to the collective unconscious] comes to mind...

East: Aldebaran, which literally means "eye of the Bull" --- the idea we get here is 'central point', and the Sun; in the vision, above all the other images there is "a Golden Sun, having an eye, whence a greath Light"

South: Regulus, meaning "little king" (in Greece, basiliskos aster (Little King star); in Rome, Basilica Stella)--- the symbolism of Light and Love, but also that of the Son/Sun, is emphasized in the vision.

West: Antares, also called "the Heart of the Scorpion"--- a flaming book in the vision, "Within was drawn a fiery scorpion, yet cold withal"...

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"Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, & be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life & death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our age long love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none."

...Jim, reading the commentaries on the 29th Aethyr now --- and I see that you have already made the connection to the 4 Royal Stars! but now, in the 29th, the sequence is different --> Antares is on the east, Aldebaran setting [and a personal note - I was born at exactly such a moment!]... and this is the 'natural' sequence really - because, when Fomalhaut rises for example, Antares culminates, Reguluts sets, Aldebaran is on the lowest point; etc.-- so, I wonder how could it be and why that the ancient said Aldebaran guards the east and Antares west, and Regulus south, Fomalhaut north !!?...

back to reading now...[ if there was a smiley depicting a starry night, I would use it now to express my overall experience of the book so far, but since there's not, I'll just keep silent...]

"Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, & be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life & death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our age long love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none."